The value of stock of one of the major operators of private prisons recently dropped 16%. The stock decline happened after major institutions … [Read more...]
Suit alleges GEO operates ‘deadliest immigration center’
Eight Central American refugees have filed a federal lawsuit against the GEO Group, and the city of Adelanto in Riverside, reports Robert Kahn for … [Read more...]
Largest private prison population
The United States has the world’s largest private prison population, according to a study by The Sentencing Project. The study compares America’s … [Read more...]
Hunger Strikes Erupt in Immigration-Detention Facilities
Hunger strikes erupted in fall 2015 at a number of for-profit immigration detention facilities, protesting long detentions, inadequate health care, … [Read more...]